CEP Senior Advisor Dr. Hany Farid quoted: "Franchi’s resilience doesn’t surprise Hany Farid, a University of California at Berkeley computer science professor who studies YouTube’s response to conspiracy channels. He said for all the headlines about the crackdown, social media platforms put their financial interests first.

'At the end of the day, you’re pushing up against very powerful companies,' he said. 'My impression is they do just enough to get people off their backs, but their hearts aren’t into it.'"